{"id":58218,"date":"2024-12-28T16:35:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58218"},"modified":"2025-12-28T00:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T23:40:07","slug":"five-patriotic-and-christian-songs-by-mala-armia-janosika-a-great-polish-childrens-choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/28\/five-patriotic-and-christian-songs-by-mala-armia-janosika-a-great-polish-childrens-choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Five patriotic and Christian songs by Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika, a great Polish children's choir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have varied musical tastes that are not currently popular, and I'm glad that a group I follow becomes famous.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/09\/26\/the-fabulous-concert-of-the-national-capella-of-bandurists-of-ukraine-in-vigo\/\">The fabulous concert of the National Capella of Bandurists of Ukraine in Vigo<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/06\/hej-sokoly-the-beautiful-and-nostalgic-love-song-that-unites-ukrainians-and-poles\/\">'Hej Soko\u0142y', the beautiful and nostalgic love song that unites Ukrainians and Poles<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>These days, <strong>a video of a Polish children's choir has gone viral on social media<\/strong>, receiving a lot of views. The video shows a performance by this choir during <strong>a Christmas concert at the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in Rabka-Zdr\u00f3j<\/strong>, in the Podhale mountain area of \u200b\u200bLesser Poland Voivodeship, an area known for its rich folklore. Here you can watch the full video, in which the choir sings <a href=\"https:\/\/niezbednik.niedziela.pl\/artykul\/70\/Jezusa-narodzonego\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Polish Christmas carol, \"Jezusa Narodzonego\"<\/a> (Jesus was born):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"X G\u00f3ralska Pasterka z Ma\u0142\u0105 Armi\u0105 Janosika\ud83c\udf84Rabka-Zdr\u00f3j \/ 2024\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nH5-qV7Vx_0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For once I didn't have to look up the name of the group when I heard something I liked, since I've been following this choir for years on YouTube and I often listen to their music while driving: <strong>It is called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@malaarmiajanosika\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika<\/a> (Janosik\u2019s Small Army)<\/strong>. Its name refers to Juraj J\u00e1no\u0161\u00edk, a legendary Carpathian bandit from the late 17th century who is, so to speak, the Robin Hood of the Slavic countries. <strong>The group consists of 265 children of various ages, making it the largest children\u2019s choir in Poland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika cultiva la m\u00fasica tradicional de Podhale y<strong>dedica gran parte de su repertorio a canciones patri\u00f3ticas y cat\u00f3licas<\/strong>. Pod\u00e9is ver a continuaci\u00f3n otros cuatro buenos temas de ese coro.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54231461690_7bb066e8a7_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I'll start with the song that made me discover this choir a few years ago when I was searching on Youtube <strong>for a Polish patriotic song: \"Bia\u0142e R\u00f3\u017ce\" (White Roses)<\/strong>. In it, a woman yearns for her husband who went to war and died at the front. <strong>The song became popular in the Polish Legions of World War I.<\/strong> In World War II, this song was sung by Polish soldiers on all fronts. <strong>I confess that I find it hard to listen to it without getting emotional, because it has very sad lyrics<\/strong> and the choir sings it very well (you can activate the automatic subtitles in English in the bottom bar of the player):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bia\u0142e R\u00f3\u017ce - Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika (100 Rocznica Odzyskania Niepodleg\u0142o\u015bci) Official Video\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gfCaCS5pSX8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that <strong>in this video the children appear wearing armbands with the Polish flag<\/strong> because the song was recorded in 2018, on the occasion of the centenary of the restoration of Poland's independence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The second song is a very popular Catholic song in many countries. In Poland it is called \"Barka\"<\/strong> and was a song much appreciated by Saint John Paul II. The choir recorded this song during the pandemic in 2020, on the occasion of the centenary of the birth of the Polish Pope:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BARKA - 150. G\u00f3rali z Ma\u0142ej Armii Janosika dla Jana Paw\u0142a II (OFFICIAL PANDEMIC VIDEO)\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H0CLozZo1NI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now we come to a medley of Polish patriotic songs<\/strong>, which Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika published on Youtube in November. This medley contains <strong>songs from the era of the First World War<\/strong>. The songs heard in the video are as follows, in this order: <strong>\"Wojenko, wojenko\"<\/strong> (<em>Little war, little war<\/em>), <strong>Szara piechota\"<\/strong> (<em>The grey infantry<\/em>, which refers to the colour of the uniforms of the Polish Legions of the Austro-Hungarian Army), <strong>Przybyli u\u0142ani pod okienko\"<\/strong> (<em>The Uhlans came to the window<\/em>, a spirited song of the Polish cavalry) and <strong>My, pierwsza Brygada\"<\/strong> (<em>We, the first brigade<\/em>, a song from 1917 that has been the anthem of the Polish Army since 2007):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wojenko, wojenko \/ Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika \/ Rabka-Zdr\u00f3j 2024\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-UyfPmwnJ_8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finally, \"Walczymy do ko\u0144ca\" (We fight to the end) a patriotic song<\/strong> released by Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika in support of the Polish national football team in October 2022:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u26bdHit \ud83d\udd25&quot;Walczymy do ko\u0144ca\u201d\u26bd Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika\ud83d\udd25kibicujemy Polskiej Reprezentacji (prod. Tabb)\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZM51TRlafVQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wish all possible success to this children's choir,<\/strong> which not only keeps alive the traditions of its region, but also does so while preserving the identity of its nation.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Photos: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/malarmiajanosika\/photos_by\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ma\u0142a Armia Janosika<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have varied musical tastes that are not currently popular, and I&#8217;m glad that a group I follow becomes famous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11348],"tags":[10424,10425,23409,23408,11115,23406,10370,23407],"class_list":["post-58218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-music","tag-catholic-church","tag-catholicism","tag-lesser-poland","tag-mala-armia-janosika","tag-patriotism","tag-podhale","tag-poland","tag-rabka-zdroj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}